Welfare State Transformations: Comparative Perspectives

Shifting Boundaries of 'Public and Private'; M.Seeleib-Kaiser PART I: STATE PERSPECTIVES Welfare State Reforms in the United Kingdom; M. Powell Welfare State Transformations in an Affluent Scandinavian State: The Case of Denmark; J.Goul-Andersen The Public-Private Mix in Southern Europe: What Changed in the Last Decade?; A.Guillen& M.Petmesidou Metamorphoses of Welfare States in Central and Eastern Europe; M.Potucek The State of Japanese Welfare: Welfare and the Japanese State; R.Goodman PART II: POLICY PERSPECTIVES Politically Dominant but Socially Flawed: Projected Pension Levels for Citizens at Risk in Six European Multi- Pillar Pension Systems; P.Bridgen& T.Meyer The Changing Public-Private Mix in OECD Healthcare Systems; H.Rothgang, M.Cacace, L.Frisina& A.Schmid From Liberal Statism to Statist Liberalism: The Transformation of Unemployment Policies in Europe; D.Clegg The Transformation of Incapacity Benefits; P.Kemp The 'Public' and 'Private' of Work-Family Reconciliation: Unsettling Gendered Notions and Assumptions; D.Ben-Galim& R.Gambles PART III: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES AND CONCLUSION Reconstructing Nation, State and Welfare: The Transformation of Welfare States; J.Clarke Conclusion; M.Seeleib-Kaiser